The Consultants Tracker is intended to help trace a firm of civil and structural engineering consultants that has merged, been taken over, closed down or changed its name. The list will never be complete but if you can supply the IStructE with any additional or corrected information we would be very grateful. Please contact Rob Thomas, Manager, Library and Information Services.
FORMER PRACTICE |
SUBSEQUENTLY |
A B Consulting |
See Kenchington Ford |
Acer Group |
Hyder Consulting (1996) |
Adams Kara Taylor |
Acquired by White Young Green (2006) |
Allott & Lomax |
Babtie (2000), retained name for some time |
Allott, C S & Son |
Allott & Lomax, then Babtie (2000), then Jacobs Babtie (2004) |
Andrews, Kent & Stone |
Merged with Anthony Ward partnership to become AKS Ward (2005) |
Anemos |
RWDI Anemos (2004) |
Applied Geology |
Rust (a subsidiary of Rust International), then Rust Environmental, then Parsons Brinckerhoff |
Aspen |
Waterman Aspen |
Atelier One |
SMP Atelier One (1994, with Stephen Morley Partnership) |
Babcock Water Engineering |
Earth Tech Engineering (1998) |
Babtie |
Jacobs Babtie (2004), then Jacobs (2006) |
Babtie Shaw & Morton |
Babtie (qv), then Jacobs Babtie (2004), Jacobs (2006) |
Baguley, Maurice & Partners |
Hurley Palmer Flatt (c. 2004?) |
Baker and Mott |
Mott Macdonald |
Baker and Shelford |
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Barclay Dowds |
merged with JMP Consultants (1989) |
Bateman, J F |
G H Hill (c1890) |
Bay Associates |
Acquired by Supporta plc (2006) |
Beer, A E & Partners |
Beers (incorporated Crabtree Morrell, 1981) |
Benaim |
Acquired by Scott Wilson (2008) |
Bertlin |
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (late 1980s), initially as Scott Bertlin. Bertlin name disappeared c1995
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Bettridge Turner |
Acquired by Hyder (2006) |
Bianco, J C |
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Billington, Roy Associates |
Merged with T D Bingham (2005); T D Bingham merged with Nixon Davis to become Bingham Davis (2006) |
Bingham Blades |
Bingham Hall O'Hanlon (the Welsh offices, 1981), then Bingham Hall Partnership; Bingham Yates ( Edinburgh office (1978). Merged with BMMK Cotterell to form Bingham Cotterell (1988), acquired by Mott MacDonald (1998) |
Bingham Cotterell |
Acquired by Mott MacDonald (1998, former name retained for a while) |
Bingham, T D |
merged with Nickson Davis to become Bingham Davis (2006) |
Binnie & Partners |
Binnie Black & Veatch (1995), then Black & Veatch (2003) |
Blair, J F |
Crouch and Hogg (19th century) |
Blyth & Blyth |
[Management takeover (2004)] |
BMMK Cotterell |
Merged with Bingham Blades to form Bingham Cotterell (1988), acquired by Mott MacDonald (1998) |
Bobrowski, Jan |
NRM Bobrowski (2004). NRM Bobrowski acquired by Capita Symonds to become Capita Bobrowski (2008) |
Bolsover, Roy |
Dissolved 1999 |
Bowden Sillett |
Train & Kemp (c. 2001) |
Bradshaw, Buckton and Tongue |
Waterman BBT (1989) |
Brakenridge & Miller |
MCMK, then ZMCK (1982) |
Brand, Frederick |
Brand Leonard (1994) |
Brierley Lovell Partnership |
Separated into Brierley & Co and AGL Consulting (1996) |
Brimer & Martin |
see Brimer, Andrews & Nachsen |
Brimer, Andrews & Nachsen |
Merged with Brimer & Martin and Maggs and Keeble to form Brimer, Martin, Maggs, Keeble and Partners (1962), BMMK & Partners merged with A P I Cotterell & Son to form BMMK Cotterell (1981), merged with Bingham Blades to form Bingham Cotterell (1988), acquired by Mott MacDonald (1998)
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Brimer, Martin, Maggs, Keeble & Partners |
BMMK & Partners, merged with A P I Cotterell & Son to form BMMK Cotterell (1981), merged with Bingham Blades to form Bingham Cotterell (1988), acquired by Mott MacDonald (1998)
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Brooke, Richard |
Taken over by Mason Clark (2005) |
Brown Crozier and Wyatt |
Humphries and Brown. A Caton Crozier left partnership in 1980 |
Brown, Kenneth and Partners |
KB2 Consulting Civil and Structural Engineers LLP (2008) |
Buchanan Consulting Engineers |
Capita (2005) but retains name |
Buck, D V |
Parkman Buck, then Parkman, then Mouchel Parkman |
Building Performance Group |
Acquired by BRE (2006) |
Bullen |
Faber Maunsell (2005) |
Burgess Associates |
Dissolved 2004 |
Burks Green |
Acquired by RPS Group, now RPS Burks Green (2006) |
Burns, T F |
Posford Duvivier (early 1990s), then Royal Haskoning |
Burrow, John |
Burrow Crocker, then DHV Consulting (c. 1991-2), then Aspen Burrow Crocker, then Waterman Burrow Crocker |
Bylander Waddell |
Liquidation (1999), then Bylander 2000 Ltd (2000) |
Cairns & Byles |
WSP Group plc (1988) |
Caldwell Consulting Engineers |
Willis Caldwell Ltd (2004), then WCL St James |
Cameron Holdsworth |
Nickalls Roche McMahon (2003), then NRM Consultants |
Cameron Taylor |
Scott Wilson (2006) |
Cameron Taylor Bedford |
Cameron Taylor (2005), then Scott Wilson (2006) |
Cameron Taylor Brady |
Cameron Taylor (2005), then Scott Wilson (2006) |
Cantor Seinuk |
WSP Cantor Seinuk (2000) |
Carl Bro |
Grontmij (2007) |
Cetec |
White Young Green (2005) |
Chadwick & Associates |
CASE Consultants (1996) |
Chapman, Smart & Barker |
Barker Chapman (1984) |
Christie, S P |
Christie & Partners |
Civil Engineering Design Group, British Rail ( York ) |
CEDG York Ltd, (1995, within British Steel) |
Civil Engineering Design, British Rail (Croydon) |
Atkins ? (1995-6?) |
Clarke, Nicholls, Marcel |
Bristol office became Clarke Bond Partnership (1986), then Clarke Bond Group (1999). Clarke, Nicholls, Marcel continues to operate under that name |
Colquhoun, Brian |
Thorburn Colquhoun (c. 1993-4?, with Thorburn), URS (1999) |
Conisbee, Alan and Associates |
Conisbee (2007) |
Coode Blizzard |
Graham Group (1994), WSP Group plc (1997) |
Cook White Partnership |
Nickalls Roche McMahon (1998) then NRM Consultants |
Cooper Macdonald |
Practice dissolved (1993) |
Cowan and Linn |
Blyth and Blyth (2006) |
Crabtree Morrell |
Beers (1981) |
Craddy & Partner |
Craddy Pitchers (1999), then Craddy Pitchers Davidson (2006) |
Crocker, Trevor |
Burrow Crocker, then DHV Consulting (c. 1991-2) |
Crouch & Hogg |
Crouch Hogg Waterman, then (1997) Halcrow Waterman (structures) and Halcrow + Crouch (civil engineering) |
Cuthbertson, R H |
Cuthbertson Maunsell (1999), part of Balfour Maunsell, now FaberMaunsell |
Dames & Moore |
URS |
Davies, Richard Associates |
Robert Benaim |
De Leuw Chadwick |
De Leuw Knight Piesold, now Pell Frishmann |
Deakin Callard |
merged with Jon Walton Associates to form Deakin Walton (1999). Scottish office of Deakin Callard sold to the incumbent partner and relaunched as Goodson Associates |
Design & Construction Unit, British Rail (Birmingham) |
Owen Williams (1995) |
Design Group Partnership |
DGP International, purchased by Scott Wilson (2006) |
DGP International |
Purchased by Scott Wilson (2006) |
DHV International |
company still active worldwide but UK office in liquidation |
Dixon Hurst |
merged with Redgrove & Kemp to form Dixon Hurst Kemp (1997) |
Dobbie |
Babtie (1990) |
Dobbie, C H |
Dobbie & Partners (mid 1980s), then Babtie Dobbie (1987), then Babtie (1990) |
Donkin |
Kennedy and Donkin |
Doran, Dr I G |
Doran Consulting |
Durley Hill |
merged with Cameron Taylor Bedford to form Cameron Durley Consulting (1999) |
Earley Campling Lee |
White Young |
Elms Rooke |
Geoff Rooke now a director of the Terrell Group |
ERL |
Merged with ERM (1987) |
Evans Grant |
Evans Grant Opus (2004), merged with Veryards Opus to form Opus International Consultants (2006) |
Ewbank |
merged with Preece Cardew & Rider to become Ewbank Preece (1983) |
Ewbank Preece |
Mott MacDonald (1994) |
Faber, Oscar |
Merged with Aecom Maunsell (2001) to become FaberMaunsell |
Ferguson McIlveen |
Scott Wilson (2006), retains name |
Flint & Neill |
Merged with COWI (2008) |
Flynn & Rothwell |
De Leuw Chadwick, De Leuw Knight Piesold, now Pell Frischmann |
Fordham Johns |
Cameron Taylor |
Fox, Douglas |
Freeman Fox |
Freeman Fox |
merged with John Taylor to form Acer Group (1987), then Hyder Consulting (1996) |
Gathard Brooke |
Bettridge Turner (2004) |
Geotechnical Consultants |
Wilkinson Assoiciates then part of Tony Gee & Partners (2003) |
Gibb, Sir Alexander |
Law Group (US), Jacobs Gibb (2001), Jacobs (2002), then Jacobs Babtie (2004) |
Gower Associates |
Babtie (1990s) |
Graham Group |
WSP Group plc (1997) |
Graham, Frank |
Graham Group |
Gray & Hurst |
B L Hurst left partnership in 1910 (see Hurst, B L). C W Gray in practice until 1922. |
Green, Ernest |
White Young Green (1997) |
Gregory & Associates |
BCSP (1997) |
Grove Consultants |
Tarmac Professional Services (TPS) (1995), then Carillion |
Gunn & Colthart |
merged with Leslie Plummer Associates (2005) |
Haiste Group |
Carl Bro (1988), subsequently Grontmij |
Hallam, Michael |
Hallam, Alexander (1996), then Alexander Associates (2004) |
Harris & Sutherland |
Babtie Harris & Sutherland (1997), then see Babtie, now Jacobs Babtie |
Haswell, Charles |
Haswell Consulting, then (2005) taken in-house by Severn Trent |
Hawksley, T & C |
Watson Hawksley, then Montgomery Watson (1992), then merged with Harza to become MWH (2001) |
Hay Barry |
Acer, then Hyder Consulting (1996) |
Henderson, L N |
L N Henderson , Morgan (1978) |
HJT |
WSP Group plc (1999) |
Holman, Davis |
Mander, Raikes and Marshall (1986), then MRM |
Howard Humphreys |
Brown & Root, then Kellogg Brown & Root, then Halliburton KBR ??? |
Hunt, Anthony |
YRM Anthony Hunt, then Kendall, then SKM Anthony Hunts |
Hunter and Dunn |
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Hurst, B L |
B L Hurst & Peirce (1935), then Hurst Peirce & Malcolm (1947) |
Husband |
Mott MacDonald |
Hutchinson, George Associates |
Merged with Livingston Gunn to form GHA Livigunn |
Infrastructure Design Group, British Rail (Glasgow) |
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (1995) |
Ingram, L.V. |
Closed down (2005) |
Jacobs Babtie |
Jacobs (2006) |
James, Harold |
Merged with T A Millard (2005) |
James, R T (London office) |
Owen Williams |
James, R T (Newcastle upon Tyne office) |
WSP Group plc (1995) |
James-Carrington & Partners |
Acquired by Kenchington Little (c1990), then WSP Group (1995) |
Joynes Pike |
Acquired by Opus International Consultants (2008) |
Kanthack, F E |
WLPU, then Knight Piesold (1990), then Pell Frischmann |
Kara Taylor |
Adams Kara Taylor (1997) |
Kenchington Ford |
WSP Group plc (1993) |
Kenchington Little |
Kenchington Ford (owned by A B Consulting), then WSP Group plc (1993) |
Kennedy & Donkin |
Rust (1994), then Parsons Brinckerhoff (1998) |
Kirk McClure Morton |
RPS Kirk McClure Morton (2004) |
Kirkpatrick, J A |
Carl Bro (1990) |
KML Consulting |
Carl Bro (1993) |
Knight Morrish |
Morrish and Partners (1999) |
Knight Piesold |
Pell Frischmann |
Knowles. James R |
Knowles, then acquired by Hill International (2006) |
Leonard & Partners |
Brand Leonard (1985?) |
Lewis & Duvivier |
Posford Duvivier, then Royal Haskoning (1995) |
Livesey & Henderson |
Binnie, now Black & Veatch (2003) |
Macdonald, F A |
W A Fairhurst (1963) |
MacDonald, Sir M & Partners |
Mott MacDonald (1989, with Mott, Hay & Anderson) |
Maggs & Keeble |
see Brimer, Andrews & Nachsen |
Mainline Railway Infrastructure Consultants, British Rail (Swindon) |
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (1995) |
Malachi Cullen |
White Young Green (2007) |
Mander Structural Design |
Integral Structural Design (2005, with Pilotis) |
Mander, G C |
Mander, Raikes & Marshall (1973) |
Mander, Raikes & Marshall |
MRM, then Rust (a subsidiary of Rust International), then Rust Environmental, now Parsons Brinckerhoff |
Marsh, John Associates |
merged with Sinclair Johnston (1998) |
Marshall, Alan |
Frank Graham, then Graham Group, then WSP Group plc (1997) |
Matthew Consultants |
Walsh Group |
Maunsell, G |
Maunsell, acquired by Aecom (2000), became FaberMaunsell (2001) |
MCD Consult |
White Young Green (2001) |
McDowells |
Closed down (1996) |
McMahon Associates |
Nickalls Roche McMahon (1979) then NRM Consultants |
Meik |
Halcrow |
Mentor, a Cooper Macdonald geotechnical subsidiary |
Mentor |
Merz & McLellan |
Parsons Brinckerhoff (1994) |
Metro Consulting |
Mouchel (2001) |
Mitchell, McFarlane |
In liquidation. Hong Kong Office Mitchell, McFarlane, Brentnall & Partners taken over by WSP Group plc (2000) |
Modus |
Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Ltd (1999) |
Montgomery Watson |
Merged with Harza to become MWH (2001) |
Moorehead Clancy Associates |
formed 1969, separated (1972) to form Brian Moorehead & Partners and Brian Clancy Partnership, then Clancy Consulting (2000). Brian Moorehead & Partners ceased trading 1992, the Manchester office becoming Consultants BMP, then Modus, then Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Ltd (1999), the London Office becoming BMP Consulting Engineers (dissolved 1993), then R & H Moorehead (1992), then Ramboll Moorehead (dissolved 2005) |
Morley, Stephen Partnership |
SMP Atelier One (1994, with Atelier One) |
Mott & Hay |
Mott, Hay and Anderson (1920) |
Mott, Hay & Anderson |
Mott MacDonald (1989, with Sir M MacDonald) |
Mouchel, L G |
Mouchel Parkman (2003), now Mouchel Group |
MRM |
see Mander, Raikes & Marshall |
Mulholland & Doherty |
Acquired by Faber Maunsell (2008) |
Nachshen, Crofts & Leggatt |
NCL Consulting Engineers, then Project Engineering Partnership, NCL Stewart Scott Ltd, then NCL St James Ltd (part of St James Consultants), then St James Lovell Partnership (closed down 2007). Information available from Pinfold Consulting. |
Newsum, H and Sons |
also known as HNS. Taken over by Dexion and relaunched as Newsum Timber Engineering (NTE) |
Nickalls and Roche |
acquired McMahon Associates (1979), Cook White Partnership (1998) and Cameron Holdsworth (2003) to become Nickalls Roche McMahon and then NRM Consultants. Merged with Jan Bobrowski to become NRM Bobrowski (2004). NRM Bobrowski acquired by Capita Symonds to become Capita Bobrowski (2008) |
Nickson Davis |
Merged with T D Bingham to become Bingham Davis (2006) |
Nolan, John Associates |
Acquired by Erinaceous Group (2006) |
Norman & Dawbarn |
Capita Norman + Dawbarn (2005) |
NRM Consultants |
NRM Bobrowski (2004). NRM Bobrowski acquired by Capita Symonds to become Capita Bobrowski (2008). See Nickalls and Roche |
Osprey |
Osprey Mott MacDonald |
Parkman |
Mouchel Parkman (2003), now Mouchel Group |
Pattisson, John |
Evans Grant Opus (2004) |
Peel and Fowler |
Scott Wilson (2002) |
Pell, C J |
Pell Frischmann |
Pettit |
Mott MacDonald Pettit (2006) |
Pilotis |
Integral Structural Design (2005, with Mander Structural Design) |
Posford Duvivier |
Royal Haskoning (1995) |
Posford Pavry |
Posford Duvivier, then Royal Haskoning (1995) |
Preece Cardew & Rider |
merged with Ewbank to become Ewbank Preece (1983) |
Property Services Agency / PSA Consult |
TPS Consult, now part of Carillion |
PSA Projects |
TBV Consult under Tarmac Professional Services (TPS, 1992)) |
Redgrove & Kemp |
merged with Dixon Hurst Partnership to form Dixon Hurst Kemp (1997) |
Rendel Palmer & Tritton |
High-Point Rendel (1995) |
Rendel Palmer & Tritton (Scotland) |
High-Point Rendel, then Cadogan Consulting (1997) |
Rofe Kennard & Lapworth |
Arup |
Roscoe, Edward Associates |
Capita Roscoe (1999) |
Ross Silcock |
Babtie (2001) |
Roughton & Fenton |
Acer, then Hyder Consulting (1996) [not to be confused with Roughton Group] |
Roxburgh Associates |
Merged with Will Rudd Associates to form Will Rudd Roxburgh (2000) |
RT-W |
changed name to Structural & Civil Consultants (1998) |
Rudd, Donald |
WSP Group plc (1990) |
Sampson |
acquired by W A Fairhurst (1997) |
Saunders, William & Partners |
William Saunders Partnership (c1990), then William Saunders Partnership LLP (2004). Also trades as WSP, not to be confused with WSP Group plc |
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick |
Scott Wilson |
Snow, Sir Frederick |
Merged with Athens-based Associated Consulting Engineers (1991), acquired oil and gas consultants IMEG (2003) |
Stevenson, Robert |
R Stevenson & Son, then T & A Stevenson, then D Stevenson, then D A Stevenson (wound up c1960) |
Stroyer & Adcock |
Active 1913-1986 |
Sturrock, J C |
Acquired by Hannah-Reed (2007) |
Tanner, John A & Partners |
Tanner Sadler Partnership (c1990), dissolved (1994), then Tanners (until 1999) |
Taylor, John |
merged with with Freeman Fox to form Acer Group (1987), then Hyder Consulting (1996) |
Taylor, R G, Hodgkinson |
Taylor, R G (1978) |
TBV Consult - PSA Consult |
Now part of Carillion |
Thorburn |
Thorburn Colquhoun (c1993-4, with Colquhoun), URS (1999) |
Tietz, S B |
Briefly in partnership as Cadogan Tietz (c1996-1999); still operates, also as Tietz Management Ltd (TML) |
Tilney Simmons |
White Young Green (1999) |
Travers Morgan, R and Partners |
Travers Morgan Ltd (late 1980s), then Symonds Travers Morgan (1995), then Capita Symonds (early 2000s) |
Turner, Peter & Associates |
John Pryke (2005) |
Tweeds |
Acquired by White Young Green (2006) |
Underwood & Mander |
Existed from 1949-1959, separated into E N Underwood & Partners (1959-1976) and G C Mander (1959-1973); D C Mander founded in 2000 |
Underwood, E N |
1946-1949, then Underwood & Mander (1949-1959), then E N Underwood & Partners (ceased trading 1976) |
Veryards |
Veryards Opus (2005), merged with Evans Grant Opus to form Opus International Consultants (2006) |
Walker, Brian |
Beers |
Wallace Evans |
Acer, then Hyder Consulting (1996) |
Walton, Jon Associates |
formed 1969, merged with Deakin Callard to become Deakin Walton (1999). Walton Garden & Partners formed (1980), the Scottish office of John Walton Associates, incorporated into Walton Garden Ltd (2003), owned by Goodson Associates |
Ward & Partners |
Beers |
Ward Ashcroft Parkman |
Parkman, then Mouchel Parkman |
Ward, Anthony |
Merged with Andrews, Kent and Stone to become AKS Ward (2005) |
Ward, R.D. |
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Warnock, J C |
White Young Green Ireland (2006) |
Waterman, H L |
Waterman Partnership (1986), now Waterman Group |
Watson Hawksley |
Montgomery Watson (1992), then merged with Harza to become MWH (2001) |
Weiss, Charles & Partners |
Charles Weiss Partnership (1986), then Ernest Green, then White Young Green (1997) |
Whitby Bird |
Ramboll WhitbyBird (2007), then Ramboll UK (2009) |
White Young |
White Young Green |
White, Robert |
See Wolfe Barry & Partners |
Wilkinson Associates |
Became part of Tony Gee & Partners (2003) |
Williams Sale Partnership |
WSP Group plc (1993) |
Williams, Owen |
Acquired by Amey (2006), name no longer used (2008) |
Williamson, James |
Mott MacDonald |
Willis & Partners |
Willis Caldwell (2004), then WCL St James |
Willis Caldwell |
WCL St James |
Willis, Septimus |
Dissolved (c1980) |
Wimpey |
Interchange with Tarmac, became Carillion |
WLPU |
Knight Piesold (1990) |
Wolfe Barry & Partners |
John Wolfe-Barry & Partners (founded 1867), merged with Robert White & Partners (founded 1888), Wolfe-Barry Robert White & Partners (1902), Sir Bruce White Wolfe-Barry & Partners (1946), Beckett Rankine Partnership (1986) |
Woods Warren |
RPS Woods Warren (2003), then RPS Design (2005) |
Yorkshire Water Engineering |
Babcock Water Engineering (1991), then Earth Tech Engineering (1998) |
Zinn, W V Associates |
Bill Zinn retired in 1969 with the regional offices going their own ways - W V Zinn & Partners for Birmingham area projects (c1970), Manchester office became Deakin Callard (1969), Scottish office became Zinn Hunter, then Woolgar Hunter (c1971), remainder to Cooper Macdonald & Partners (dissolved c1993) |
Zukas Magasiner Green |
ZMG Consulting Engineers, Zukas Magasiner Green, Zukus Magasiner Green Lewin, Zukus Magasiner Coppen, Zukas and Magasiner and AS Magasiner were all transferred to Sir M MacDonald and Partners (1987), then Mott MacDonald (1989). ZMCK formed in 1982 by a merger of ZMG and MCMK Consulting Engineers. |
Zukas, Simon |
Zukas Magasiner Green, then ZMCK (1982) |
• Former practices are listed alphabetically, with the key name generally being the surname of the first-named principal.
• Terms such as ‘& Partners', ‘& Associates', ‘Consultancy' etc are not included with the practice names unless these have subsequently altered significantly.
• This list is not intended to give any information about past or present ownership or corporate structure of any organisation named in it.